Which is harder for you—the beginning of a waiting period or the end?

My grandson was born April 5th and I have yet to see him. The waiting is driving me crazy. He was born in the middle of the Coronavirus shelter-at-home edict, so we knew the 1500-mile trip by car or by plane was out of the question. So, we settled in for the wait.

I suppose the answer to my question is different for each person and dependent on the situation. The middle of the wait can feel like the backstretch of a running track. With no end in sight, we hit a wall of despair, wondering if this journey will ever end. Once we turn the bend of our trek, we’ll see the finish line and that give us a second wind of hope.

We’ve all been under Shelter In Place orders or recommendations for about a month now. How are you doing?

Our family is into a routine as yours is probably too, but it still feels unnatural, doesn’t it? I long to visit a park, hug my girlfriends, and not need to worry about how close I’m standing to someone in a store. Several times I’ve muttered, “This quarantine can be over just any old time!”

In those moments, it’s a good time to remember the trade-offs. Our immediate family lives in three separate states but we keep in daily contact with each other via Facebook Messenger. Most of us are working from home and one daughter is on maternity leave, so double stuck at home. One day, I challenged the family to devise a list of the Top Ten Benefits of Shelter in Place.

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